Katydid (Macroscirtus kekeunoui) Case Study
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Continent: Africa
Country: Cameroon
Grant Amount: $3,000
Awarded Date: January 14, 2025
Simeu Noutchom Alain
University of Yaounde 1
Ngoa-Ekellé
Yaoundé
Cameroon
+237
Cameroon
Tel: +23777251197
Mob:
Awareness-raising campaign against bushfires, the greatest threat to the Mpem & Djim National Park's loss of biodiversity in dry season
This awareness campaign will aim at changing the local belief on bushfire practices in order to reduce threats and losses that face, particularly Macroscirtus kekeunoui and generally the biodiversity in the dry season. In fact, these bushfires in the park are mainly of human origin during the long dry season, between January and March each year. In lack of grazing, the shepherds set fires to replenish the young shoots for grazing. Moreover, the local population, agricultural practices of burning during the dry season to prepare for the agricultural season with the turn of the rains in March. It is therefore important to encourage farmers to adopt more environmentally friendly practices that can help prevent fires. Possible alternatives include the use of agroforestry techniques, which preserve plant cover; crop rotation to avoid soil depletion; or the establishment of firebreaks to limit the spread of fire in the event of a fire. On the other hand, it is important that during the dry season, shepherds in search of pastures move to watering holes to water and feed their herds. Moving herds between different pastures from one season to another is a traditional form of pasture rotation.
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